Carole Collet
Carole Collet is Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures at Central Saint Martins UAL where she holds two catalyst roles. She is the founder and co-director of the Living Systems Lab (2013), a pioneering research group dedicated to the exploration of living systems thinking for the pursuit of new ecological knowledge in arts and design practice. She is also Director of Maison/0, a platform co-developed with the LVMH group to leverage creativity at the service of regenerative luxury (2017). As part of the LVMH LIFE Academy, she also regularly develops and facilitate bespoke creative workshops centred on circularity and regenerative practice for luxury.
Professor Carole Collet is recognised for her leardership and contribution to the field of ecological design centered on living systems thinking, and she was awarded a Design For Planet Fellowship by the Design Council, in 2022. She operates across fundamental and applied research, curation and education. Embedding ecology in disruptive curriculum practice, she developed several Master programmes at Central Saint Martins: MA Textile Futures (2001) (now Material Futures), MA Biodesign (2019) and MA Regenerative Design (2022). Her design research work has been featured in international exhibitions such as the ICA, the V&A and the Pompidou Centre. She regularly contributes to international conferences, publications and exhibitions on the subject of regenerative design, biodesign, and design for multi species and ecosystem restoration.